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be disposed to do sth
She is disposed to help others.
她倾向于帮助别人。
有…倾向的；愿意的
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有…倾向的；愿意的
inclined, minded
She is disposed to help others.
她倾向于帮助别人。
有倾向的；有意的。
inclined, minded
She felt disposed to help the new student.
她愿意帮助新来的学生。
He is not disposed to argue about trivial matters.
他不倾向于为琐事争论。
The manager was favorably disposed towards the proposal.
经理对这个提案持赞成态度。
She is disposed to help others.
她倾向于帮助别人。
favorably/well disposed表示‘持赞成态度’；ill disposed表示‘有敌意’
He seems favorably disposed towards the proposal.
他似乎对这项提议持赞成态度。
I don't feel disposed to argue with you.
我不想和你争论。
Not this
He disposed to accept the offer.
Use this
He was disposed to accept the offer.
‘disposed’是形容词，不能单独作谓语，必须与系动词be连用。中文学习者常因母语‘他愿意’的省略系动词结构而漏掉‘was’。
Not this
She is disposed of to help.
Use this
She is disposed to help.
混淆了‘disposed of’（处理掉）和‘disposed to’（愿意）。‘disposed of’是短语动词，表示丢弃，与意愿无关；表达意愿需用‘disposed to’。
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倾向于；有意于
He seemed disposed to help us.
他似乎愿意帮助我们。
有好感的；乐于支持的
The committee is well disposed to the proposal.
委员会对这个提案抱有好感。
怀有敌意的；不情愿的
He was ill disposed toward his rivals.
他对对手满怀敌意。
持赞成态度的；有好感的
Public opinion is favorably disposed to the new policy.
公众舆论对新政策持赞成态度。
友善的；有同情心的
She is kindly disposed to stray cats.
她对流浪猫很友善。
有好感的；持赞成态度的
The manager is well disposed to the new idea.
经理对这个新想法很有好感。
有敌意的；不赞成的
He was ill disposed towards the proposal.
他对这个提议持反对态度。
倾向于；愿意
She is disposed to help those in need.
她愿意帮助有需要的人。
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拆开记：dis+posed，posed是“摆姿势”。摆好了姿势，就像已准备好，所以be disposed to do就是“倾向于做”。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式演讲、学术写作、官方文件 disposed 作形容词表示“愿意的/有倾向的”时，通常用于较正式或书面场合，如正式演讲、学术写作或官方文件；常与 to 搭配。口语中也可用 willing 或 inclined 表达类似意思。
常用于表示某人愿意或倾向于做某事，或对某人/某物有某种态度
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